Season of Caring charities named

Theresa Wolfson of Crown Imports and Cassady Taylor of Festival of Children Foundation ride the carousel at South Coast Plaza as they dial for donations as part of Wednesday's fund-raiser to kickoff the 2009 Season of Caring presents The Possible Dream campaign. COURTESY OF CHRISTINA MANZUR

The Orange County Register and the Festival of Children Foundation have teamed up for the second consecutive year by funding projects that help organizations serving youths.

Eight Orange County charities were selected to receive grants for the "2009 Season of Caring presents The Possible Dream." The benefitting charities include: El Viento Foundation, Girls Inc. of Orange County, Kids Konnected, Laguna Beach Community Clinic, New Vista School, Orangewood Children's Foundation, The Sierra Club Foundation and United Cerebral Palsy.

Festival of Children Foundation formally announced the beneficiaries at its annual Carousel of Possible Dreams fund-raiser Wednesday night at South Coast Plaza.

From Nov. 15 to Jan. 3, The Register will publish a series of articles on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays highlighting the eight charities. All the funds raised during the 2009 Season of Caring presents The Possible Dream campaign will go directly to designated children's charities.

"Much like last year, the Register's partnership with Festival of Children Foundation will lead to greater community awareness and financial support for eight charities that make a vital impact in children's lives," said Jackie Saragueta, president of Register Charities.

"The benefiting charities provide life-changing services like counseling and after-school activities to kids who would otherwise not receive any kind of support. It's a thrill to see our readers and the general community come together by making generous cash donations."

"We are proud to be collaborating again with The Register on this campaign and I'm thrilled to see how many of the dreams we'll be raising funds for are collaborative efforts as well," said Sandy Segerstrom Daniels, Founder and Executive Director of Festival of Children Foundation. "The more we all work together to help kids, the more we'll be able to accomplish."

Since its inception in 1999, Season of Caring has raised more than $6 million to help people in need in Orange County with the help of donors, which include readers of The Register, OCRegister.com and community organizations.

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